Imperial Parliament

The Machinery of State

Yeah, I was gonna go with Senate, I'll say it. I mean, Rome, right? But I just couldn't do it. And when I started writing, it all started coming together, from the House of Lords equivalent to formalizing the Church as sort of a vox populi. And here we are.

Parliament is the body responsible for executing the Emperor's will; however, the days of the dictatorial emperor are largely over. The organs of state have slowly been ceded to the citizens over millennia, leading to a more equitable (if undemocratic) government.

The Imperial Parliament is comprised of three Bureaux. The Council of Nobles assumes the role of the senior (and most conservative) portion. Representatives of the Great Houses make up its membership, who (while not necessarily nobles themselves) advocate for their powerful patrons. In a siliar sense, their closest allies, the House of Burgesses, speaks on behalf of the nascent middle class. It is made up of representatives from each chartered town and city in the Empire. It tends toward conservatism, but opposes control of resources by the nobility. Finally, the junior bureau, the Episcopal Curia represents the common folk and Church. It acts as the conscience of state, and is made up of Iuniores - that is, delegates from each diocese - and Seniorii selected by the Hierarch of each Temple.

Bureaux
Council of Nobles
Episcopal Curia
House of Burgesses

Type

Governmental, Senate/Parliament

Ruling Organization

Elurian Empire

Related Ethnicities

• Elurian